“…… Sigh.”
I pressed my throbbing forehead with my palm and sighed deeply.
Seeing that the rumor has spread this far, there is undoubtedly something wrong.
Levanfell and Jareem seemed to be sympathetic due to the holy power I emanate, blindly comforting me.
‘I have to solve this.’
Elihu knows only that I am a saint with divine power and doesn’t know that Levanfell is a subject of the Ferdia experiment.
So he must certainly believe that the whitehaired man is the consort.
“The previous empresses all took consorts as well……”
“Yes. That’s right.”
“Will the rumor that I’ve taken a consort be a problem?”
Elihu was the person I could trust after Levanfell.
To my question, Elihu tilted his head and counterquestioned with an incomprehensible expression.
“Who has made it a problem for Her Majesty?”
“No. It’s not that……”
“The 15th Empress is recorded to have kept fifteen consorts at the same time.”
“…… Fifteen? Wow.”
That’s impressive. Fifteen would be overwhelming for me even to remember the names.
I couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration.
“Therefore, nobody would dare to make it an issue just because Her Majesty has taken a consort.”
“But why is it such a fuss! It seems like nobody in the empire doesn’t know?! I have to prepare for the party, but I’m too embarrassed to meet the merchants!”
“That is, of course…… Ah. Did you not know yet? Another rumor about Your Majesty.”
Another rumor?
I recalled my rumors in response to Elihu’s question. And then I recalled the ridiculous rumor that anyone who meets my gaze or receives my touch will prosper and have good luck.
“…… You mean the nonsense about prospering and good luck?”
“You know well. It’s because of that.”
Elihu carefully explained as he cut a piece of cake and handed it to the hamster Mu.
“Taking in a consort is an issue after creating an heir, so everyone has been jockeying for Your Majesty’s consort position.”
“My…… consort position?”
“Yes. But when word got out that Her Majesty already has a consort, how could people stay still? They all lit up their eyes and rushed. So it’s more uproarious.”
“…… I don’t understand.”
“Some even say that the saint was born due to the incident at the sanctuary. And you were there, Your Majesty.”
Mu, who was eating the cake Elihu shared, glanced at me quietly.
“Squeak. (People are so sharp.)”
“Her Majesty was the first on the continent to discover the sacred relic, and not long ago, a gardener testified that the flowers you touched bloomed.”
“That’s……!”
I glared at Elihu to refute, then fiercely looked at Mu on the table.
Are you eating lamb and cake now?!
“Squeak! Squeak! Squeak! (Why are you glaring at me! I didn’t know! Haven’t you prevented such incidents from happening since then! You’re no different from an ordinary person now!)”
“There were those rumors…… and besides, Her Majesty is beautiful, so everyone will compete to become Your Majesty’s consort.”
So that’s what happened. That’s why Jareem and Levanfell said there was no need to worry.
“…… I am pretty.”
As I mumbled, cutting the cake with a fork, Elihu flinched.
“But I have no intention of taking a consort.”
I muttered with fatigued eyes. This time, Elihu, who was cutting the chocolate for Mu, opened his eyes wide in surprise.
“Haven’t you already taken one?!”
“That’s a false rumor. …But Elihu, why are you serving this hamster?”
Is he sensing this hamster as a god because he serves one?
Elihu blushed and laughed sheepishly at my question.
“Ah…… It’s so cute, I couldn’t help myself.”
Certainly, here is the translated passage:
Did you not know about the divine Simula, and were you just feeding it cake, chocolate, and meat eagerly because it was cute?
“…If you feed an animal such things just because it’s cute, it could die.”
Elihu, cutting the chocolate with a sullen face, stiffened his upper body and coughed.
“Ahem. Anyway, what a relief about the false rumor. There were many talks about it in the temple as well.”
“In the temple? Why?”
“Chirp chirp chirp! (Why shouldn’t you control the one who once listened well, my child!)”
“If the empire can prosper through the Empress’s gaze and touch, what is the difference between her and a saint? A priest who worships the gods should become a consort,” someone said.
“What? Even a priest who worships gods can do that?”
I glanced at Mu at the table, who was listening to all this conversation, but Mu seemed to have no thoughts.
“Chirp chirp. Chirp. Chirp chirp. (As long as you don’t abandon the faith of the gods, it’s fine. The only god who should be loved is a standard set by humans, not by the gods.)”
“It’s not about getting married. If you form a relationship of mutual understanding and become the Empress’s consort, the temple might prosper and bring fortune,” they said.
“That’s, that’s so.”
“Especially since I am close to the Empress, I was asked to request to be accepted as a consort…”
“Cough cough cough!”
Before Elihu’s words were finished, I choked on the cake I was eating. A maid waiting behind hurriedly came and gently brushed my back.
“Are, are you alright, Empress?”
“…I’m fine. I’m fine. Just surprised, that’s all. I’m fine, so go back to your position.”
I waved my hands at the maid and Elihu, indicating that I was fine, and took a shot of water.
“You don’t have to worry. If the rumor that a consort was chosen is false, other priests won’t insist that they have to become consorts.”
“That’s really a relief for me.”
“Yes. But…”
“Hmm?”
“Most people don’t know that the rumor is false, so many might come forward to become the Empress’s consort. From the children of noble families to, perhaps, even the heirs or kings of other countries.”
“What?!”
A foreign king wants to become my consort? Does that even make sense?
“Yes. In a world that is perishing, prosperity and fortune are rare words.”
Elihu murmured with a bitter smile.
“Your Majesty might be a bit annoyed.”
I laughed stiffly and shook my head firmly.
“Nah. Surely…”
Hahaha. Nah, surely not…?
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]And Elihu’s prophecy that was not a prophecy became reality.
“Empress. I heard you have taken a consort?”
Raven, whom I met for the party preparations, asked with a pretty smile, totally different from the last time when she was weeping.
One person asks once, but when several people ask, the listener hears the same question hundreds of times. Enough to get a scab on the ears!
And the answer is also given hundreds of times. Enough to hurt the mouth!
“Why?”
I rubbed my swollen eyes with my fingers and asked in a monotonous, indifferent tone.
“Raven, are you also so curious whether I took a consort?”
“Em, Empress. Your eyes look… a bit… different.”
“You want to say that my eyes have gone bad?”
Raven did not deny it but quietly sat in the seat next to me.
“Raven.”
“Yes, Empress.”
Raven immediately answered when I called her name in a formal tone.
“Do you know what everyone I meet these days asks me?”
“Uh… um…”
“‘Did you take a consort?’ That’s what they ask. Whether I take a consort or raise a cow in my bedroom, why are they so curious?”
“Is… is it because they like the Empress so much?”
“Yeah. Even before they introduce themselves?”
“Um…”
“And even though I haven’t officially announced it, they all rush to me, excitedly asking as if it’s a foregone conclusion. …But I actually don’t even have a consort.”
Raven stopped objecting and silently closed her lips.
At that moment, the merchant I was scheduled to meet entered the reception room. The merchant looked at me and laughed heartily.
“Empress, I heard you took a consort. Hahaha!”
I tilted my head crookedly, and at the same time, Raven’s face turned pale.
An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
